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Monsanto Co., the world's third-largest producer of the tough plastics used in car dashboards, toys

MEXICAN OFFICIALS STUDY SALE OF INSURANCE FIRMThe Finance Secretariat said it is preparing t

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Developers of the world's largest cruise ship are optimistic the Maritime Administration will soon g

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 21 '94 - Nov. 14, '95 (a graph) (2)

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

For shippers sending goods south of the border, the North American Free Trade Agreement isn't what i

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Opportunities for multinational property/casualty insurers are increasing in India, China and the As

Ordered by the legislature to downscale overseas operations, the Texas Department of Commerce is tak

Mexican Finance Minister Guillermo Ortiz has sent to the Legislature a hold- the-course budget refle

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Nov. 20 is scheduled to adopt new rules that may make

Louis Le Gendre, the former Compagnie Generale Maritime executive who has become an international sh

UNPRECEDENTED SECURITY MEASURES PLANNEDOSAKA - Frogmen, rock climbers and riot polic

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Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Greece, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa stillallow piracy of

This could be an important week for the fate of bilateral talks aimed at bringing Switzerland into t

$5.5 MILLION APPROVED FOR MIAMI TRADE ZONEThe Department of Housing and Urban Development re

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Nov. 10, 1995.

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

U.S. negotiators are preparing to rewrite bilateral agreements with Taiwan and a half-dozen nations

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 21 '94 - Nov. 13, '95 (a graph) (2)

Exporters/suppliers or importers/buyers are sought for the following items. Interested parties are a

Preliminary plans have been approved to restructure People's Insurance Co. of China, the government-

ALLSTATE CORP. (Northbrook, Ill.) - Samuel H. Pilch was named the insurance company's controller.

As of Nov. 13, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

WINTER BONUSES RISE AT JAPANESE UTILITIESTOKYO - Workers at eight of the nation's ni

NIGERIA AIRWAYS CRASH KILLS AT LEAST 50LAGOS, Nigeria - A Nigeria Airways Boeing 737

The head of the regional government of Madrid said last week that he would fight to ensure an AT&T u

German manufacturing orders in September profited from a rise on foreign orders to post a modest 0.2

Glaring gaps still exist between black and white South Africans despite the end of apartheid, the U.

In the next two columns, we're going to attempt to answer the burning question: What do you get the

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.87 up 0.49 whi

Ten ocean carrier members of an outbound trans-Pacific rate-making group are changing the way they s

"Technology has given the small and medium-sized businesses the opportunity to market globally, some

Campaigners against counterfeit computer programs in Hong Kong have received a boost in their drive

1657 (Nov. 13, 1995) Previous day - 1636 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Midwestern utilities WPL Holdings Inc., Interstate Power Co. and IES Industries Inc. said they will

American voters are overwhelmingly convinced that trade is not being conducted fairly, and they stro